Tag Archives: Entrepreneurship

With the mission to help people break out of the ‘I’m not good enough’ mindset and get more out of life, Adele Chung founded Strengths Compass. What’s your story? I am an accidental coach. I came into full-time coaching only this year. I decided to leave 15 years of my …

Amra Naido has worked at various levels to create and execute high-impact marketing and communications strategies within the commercial and social sectors. She is the co-founder of Accelerating Asia, a regional startup acceleration program and corporate innovation consultancy. What’s your story? I always knew that I wanted to combine social …

Sameer S. Somal is Co-Founder of Blue Ocean Global Technology specializing in Online Reputation Management (ORM), to build a positive reputation for clients around select keywords and mitigate a negative online reputation. What’s your story? I was born in upstate New York. My parents are of Indian descent, though my …

Dr. Mo Dirani, a research entrepreneur, successfully spun-off a health tech company to save sight and empower lives. What’s your story? I am a PhD graduate (2006) from the University of Melbourne, Department of Ophthalmology, where I developed the world’s largest twin study to better understand the aetiology of myopia …

Madiha Parvez returned to Pakistan after an MBA in the US with a mission to fill the gaps and build an effective entrepreneurial ecosystem.Madiha Parvez returned to Pakistan after an MBA in the US with a mission to fill the gaps and build an effective entrepreneurial ecosystem. What’s your story? …

At a young age and with lack of experience, Lennise’s first attempt at starting a business was not a success. She did not give up and now has a successful business in the tech sector. What’s your story? I was born into a family of entrepreneurs. There are only two …

Jacinta helps successful leaders move from change fatigue and burnouts, to peak productivity and energy, which helps maximizes the performance and potentials of their teams. What’s your story? I devoted 20 years of my career to some of the best-known Tech companies in the world. While I was so proud …

Can a well-established industry be disrupted? Prajit did just that with InstaReM. What’s your story? As a sales and consulting professional with a couple of leading global business-processes outsourcing firms in India, I had nothing to do with international money transfers for most of my career. An accidental personal experience …

Clement is focused on creating products that can bring parents and kids to enjoy more offline time together through family-friendly activities. What’s your story? It’s been 7 years since I joined the online marketing scene, I started when I was 20. I did mainly affiliate marketing and ecommerce and had …

NEF has a “premier” programme called the ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards. This award annually gets about 1500 nominations across all 10 ASEAN countries. What’s your story? I am the CEO of a private foundation based in Malaysia called “The New Entrepreneurs Foundation”. We have been around since 2012 and …